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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

No. t0 I- IIA &.IGCiGSI/CHQ/ISGC &'El20t9 Dated: 25.10.2019

From: To:
Director General The Additional Director General/ Deputy
Geological Survey of India Director General, & HOD,
27 , J. L. Nehru Road CHQ/ER/CRN ERAJR/S R/W R/NEn R
Kolkata - 700016 /M&CSD/RSAS/GSITI
Geological Survey of India
Lucknow/Hyderabad/Jai purNagpur
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Sub: Nomination of GSI officer to parlicipate in the l't Indian Near Surface Geophysics
Conference to be held on2gth-29th November, 2019 atNew Delhi- regarding.

Ref: Brochure of l't Indian near Surface Geophysics Conference (enclosed).

Sir,
It is to inform that, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers this year is
organizing 1't Indian near Surface Geophysics Conference on 28th- 29th November,20l9 in New
Delhi. The conference is being organized along with exhibition. Exhibition will provide a platform
for display of various new technologies which have emerged in the field of geophysics. The
conference is closely related to applied geophysics or exploration geophysics.
Accordingly DG, GSI has approved participation of one officer from each region in the
said conference. Final selection of officer will be done by respective Regional HoD, who also has
necessary delegation of financial power towards payment of Rs. 8000/- as registration charge.

Yours faithfully.
Enclosed: As above

Depr.rty Director General

IA & IGC Division
For Director General
IA & IGC, GSI, CHQ

No. fl{ &. rGC/GSr/CHQ/ISGC &.El20t9. Dated: 25.10.2019

l. The Dy. Director General, IT, CHQ, 27,27, J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-16 with the
request to arrange to upload circular in the GSI, OCBIS portal.
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Deputy Director General
IA & IGC Division
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IA & IGC, GSI, CHQ
 November 28-29, 2019, New Delhi, India
Cleared by: Organized by:

AF
Ministry of Home Affairs
Govt. of India Academy
About 1st Indian Near Surface Geophysics Conference & Exhibition
AF Academy and the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) are excited to announce that the 1st Indian Near
Surface Geophysics event is being organized in New Delhi, India. We look forward to welcome all of you to join us in beautiful India
in November 2019.
Near-surface geophysics is the use of geophysical methods to investigate features in the shallow (tens to hundreds of meters)
subsurface. The objectives of near-surface geophysics are often noninvasive investigations of pollution problems, obtaining
engineering information, locating and defining archaeological sites, near-surface structural features such as paleochannels and
faults, cavities and tunnels, minerals, groundwater, pipelines, etc. It is closely related to applied geophysics or exploration
geophysics. Methods used include seismic refraction and reflection, gravity, magnetic, electric, and electromagnetic methods.
Many of these methods were developed for oil and mineral exploration but are now used for a great variety of applications,
including archaeology, environmental science, forensic science, military intelligence, geotechnical investigation, mineral
exploration, and hydrogeology.
Near-surface geophysics is being extensively used in India for various engineering, environmental, mining, ground water,
archaeological and forensic applications. The conference is being organized to bring various stakeholders on a common platform,
share the experiences and deliberate upon ways and means to increase use of geophysics for various application areas.
The conference is being organized along with exhibition. Various new technologies and products have emerged in the field of
geophysics and exhibition provides a platform for display of these technologies and products.

Committee:
The technical committee of the conference includes professionals from around the world to ensure adequate participation and
meaningful deliberations. Following is the initial list of committee members (in alphabetical order of first name) and more
members are likely to be added.
§ Dr. A K Chaturvedi, Ex- Dy Director, Atomic Minerals Directorate, India
§ Mr. A. Markandeyulu, Head (Geophysics), Atomic Minerals Directorate, India
§ Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Director, DMT Consulting Private Limited, India
§ Mr. Alex Varughese, Scientist C, CSMRS, New Delhi
§ Dr. Debjeet Mondal, Coal India Limited, India
§ Dr. Gopal Dhawan, Ex CMD, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, India
§ Dr. Harshavardhan Subbarao, Chairman & Managing Director, Construma Consultancy Private Limited, Mumbai
§ Mr. K Karunakar Rao, Data Code, India
§ Prof. Dr. Lehmann Bodo, DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany
§ Dr. Nick Martakis, Seismotech, Greece
§ Dr. Paras Pujari, Principal Scientist, NEERI, India
§ Mr. Reinaldo Alvarez Cabrera, Geoscanners AB, Sweden
§ Prof. Rosli Bin Sa'ad, Malaysia
§ Dr. S C Singh, Scientist, CGWB, Bhopal, India
§ Mr. S L Kapil, General Manager (Geotech), NHPC, India
§ Dr. Stefano Priano, Solgeo, Italy
§ Dr. Sanjay Rana, Chairman, AF Academy & MD, PARSAN, India
§ Prof. Shakeel Ahmed, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
§ Dr. Sumer Chopra, Director, Institute of Seismological Research, India
§ Mr. Toke Højbjerg Søltoft, Aarhus GeoSoftware, Denmark
Themes & Topics
Following themes broadly describe the focus areas of deliberations, with a certain degree of overlapping. The structure has been
deliberately kept flexible and will evolve depending on research contributions received from the participants. The minimum
coverage topics of conference are:
• Engineering Geophysics- application in geotechnical investigations, site characterization, tunnel route studies, bridge
foundation studies etc.
• Water Resources Geophysics- hydrogeophysics & hydrogeology, climate, contamination survey, etc.
• Mining Geophysics- Mineral Exploration, Geosciences for surface mining and safety, open cut mining, slope stability, tailings
dam, etc.
• Archaeological Geophysics- Geophysics for archaeology and cultural heritage
• Dam Geophysics- Geophysics for investigation of dams and appurtenant structures
• Geohazards and Disaster Mitigation - quick clay, landslide, liquefaction, earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami, ground
subsidence etc.
• Petroleum Exploration – improving deep images by understanding near-surface.
• Shallow marine geosciences
• Geophysics for forensics detection
The methods in focus are as under: • Borehole Geophysics (Well Logging, Tomography,
• Seismic (Refraction, Shallow Reflection, MASW, ReMi) Crosshole/ Downhole)
• Electrical (ERI, VES, IP, GRP) • Other Geophysical Methods - Radiometry, Thermal, etc.
• Electromagnetic, Magneto telluric • Marine Geophysics Methods- SBP, SSS etc.
• Ground Penetrating Radar • New Emerging Technologies and Instrument
• Gravity & Magnetic Development

Call for Abstracts

An abstract of no more than 500 words is to be submitted containing complete information on the following:
è Proposed title of less than 15 words.
è Full name of author and co-authors.
è Full contact address of corresponding author (including telephone, fax and e-mail).
è Identification of the Congress theme most closely related to the paper. After confirming the acceptance of the
presentation, authors will be required to send a complete version of the paper that will be included in the proceedings
volume / CD ROM of the Congress.
è Five keywords of the paper.
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Abstract can be sent by e-mail to info@aquafoundation.in. *The last date for submitting abstracts is 20 August, 2019
Register as Delegate
Early Bird Rates Standard Rates
Delegate Type (till 15th September, 2019) (After 15th September, 2019)
1 delegate 1 delegate
INR EURO INR EURO
Government / NGO / Academic Institution 6,000 200 8,000 250
Private / PSU / Board / Individual 12,000 400 15,000 500
Student 4,000 150 4,000 150
Accompanying Person (Spouse only) 4,000 150 4,000 150
Registration fee includes entrance to the conference & exhibition, conference kit, coffee/ tea, lunch
è 10% discount on group of 3 or more delegates nominated from a single organization is applicable.
è No discounts for Students and Accompanying Persons (Spouse only).
è GST 18% is applicable.

Exhibition Opportunities
The event provides an ideal platform to showcase your products and services to decision makers and policy makers, in the field of
near surface geophysics. Products of interest for exhibition include, but are not limited to:
• Geophysical Equipment Manufacturers/ Representatives
• Geophysical Service Providers
• Geophysical Software Developers
Stall Cost
• Early bird registration upto August - Euro 2250/ INR 1,80,000
• September onwards - Euro 2700/ INR 2,25,000/-
Entitlements
v Company logo on event website v 1 Table & 2 chairs
v Company logo on venue hoardings v Power socket (inclusive of standard power consumption)
v 1 delegate pass to attend the Conference
For more information please contact : Praggya Sharmaa (Ms), Organizing Secretary
at +91 9818568825, +91 9873556395, Telefax: +91-11-41318030
OR
Email at info@aquafoundation.in
European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE)
EAGE Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, UOA Centre - Office Suite 19-15-3A, 19, Jalan Pinang, 50450
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Tel: +60 327 220 140, Ext: 582, Mobile: +60 102 046 791
Email : asiapacific@eage.org, Website : www.eage.org
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15 minutes special commercial/ promotional slot is available to the industry to make presentations on their latest techniques,
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Date : Contact Details: Venue :

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28 - 29 Ms. Praggya Sharmaa, Organising Secretary India Habitat Center
November, 2019 New Delhi, India
AF Academy
E-166, 2nd Floor, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110 019 (India)
Mobile: +91-9818568825, 9873556395
Email : praggya@nearsurfacegeophysics.in; Website : www.NearSurfaceGeophysics.in

European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE)

EAGE Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, UOA Centre - Office Suite 19-15-3A, 19, Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Tel: +60 327 220 140, Ext: 582, Mobile: +60 102 046 791
Email : asiapacific@eage.org, Website : www.eage.org
 Training Workshop
(Preconference workshop to 1 st Indian Near Surface Geophysics Conference & Exhibition)
www.NearSurfaceGeophysics.in

Fundamentals of Ground Based Transient Electro-

Magnetic (TEM) Data Processing and Inversion

Date: November 27, 2019

Venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
Language: English

Course description

The purpose of the course is to provide the participants with an insight into the ideas and theories
behind processing and inversion of TEM data, and in principal how the instruments work. The focus
will be on ground-based data, collected for geological (mineral exploration), hydrological, and
geotechnical purposes. Experts will demonstrate how processing and inversion of TEM data is carried
out in practice. The software packages SPIA and Aarhus Workbench will be used for demonstration.
The course will include theory and data from both normal ground based TEM instruments and
continuously measuring systems, such as the tTEM instrument. Course participants will be given a
free time limited license to work with data before or after the course. Hands-on exercises will be
sent to participants along with license information before the course.

The workshop is suitable for Geophysicists/ geologists/ engineers carrying out ground based TEM
surveys, students/staff at academic institutions involved in research on the TEM method, having basic
knowledge of geophysical survey methods.
Course objectives
• Basic theory of time-domain electromagnetics
• Basic function of a TEM instrument
• Data processing
• Data inversion – single soundings and spatial constrained inversions.
• Smooth, layered, and sharp model description
• Inversion optimization and construction of starting models
• Model evaluation – residuals and misfit
• Visualization of TEM inversion models in profiles, mean resistivity maps, 3D viewer, and PDF
report

Facilitators

Dr. Pradip Kumar Maurya Mr. Toke Søltoft

Ph.D. in Geophysics from Aarhus University MSc in geophysics from Aarhus University
(Denmark). Extensive experience in data (Denmark). Also an electronics engineer
processing and inversion of electrical and educated at Mercantec Technical College in
electromagnetic data. Also worked at the Viborg (Denmark). Worked at CSIRO, Perth
National Geophysical research institute (NGRI), (Australia) with airborne EM data, Engineers
Hyderabad in SkyTEM data processing and without borders as project manager on
inversion (2013-2014) under Aquifer mapping groundwater projects (Ghana), Avannaa in
projects. Currently working with the seismic field projects (Greenland), SkyTEM
HydroGeophysics Group at Aarhus University as Surveys (Denmark) as field manager, and the
a Post doc. Current research focuses on HydroGeophysics Group from Geoscience,
developing ground-based towed -transient Aarhus University as geophysicist working with
electromagnetic system known as tTEM. hardware development. Since 2015, Director of
Have taught courses in hydro geophysics, Aarhus GeoSoftware (Denmark), a software
particularly electrical and electromagnetic company developing software for processing,
methods. inversion and visualization of electromagnetic
and electrical imaging data.

Fee Structure & Registration:

INR 6,000 (for Indian participants) or Euro 200 (GST @18% or as applicable will be charged extra),
inclusive of morning- evening tea & Lunch. A discount of 20% for students and 10% discount on group
booking of 04 or more participants from a single organization is applicable. Prior registration is must
by sending email to praggya@nearsurfacegeophysics.in or asiapacific@eage.org.